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Buy Local Foods and Reduce Carbon Footprint
‘œIn the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it’s unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature.’ ‘“ Mollie Beattie I admit that I’m a newbie to the sustainable living movement. Only since the beginning of Queercents have I honed in on ways to save money by…
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Sleeping With Money: Sugar Mama
It’s hard to believe nobody has yet written about the ‘œSugar’ dynamic on our Queercents ‘œSleeping with Money’ column. It’s dirty work, but somebody has to do it. Fortunately, I’m a very dirty girl. If you follow QC, you may know that I had a stint as a stripper. You may not know that I…
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City Dweller’s Income Slashed, Happiness Discovered
Everyone around me is talking about how chipper I am these days. It’s true. I’ve become rather perky, and I’m proud of it despite the fact I’m freaking out some friends. They’ll get used to the new John. My job hunt is speeding along an encouraging path, and that’s one reason for my cheerier attitude.…
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WWYD: Repair, Upgrade, or Buy New?
The last two days have offered me several opportunities to meditate upon the question – when something isn’t working as it should do you sink the money into repair or upgrading it? Or, do you just scrap it and bite the bullet and buy something new? It isn’t always as cut and dry and I…
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Same-Sex Marriage: Why Canada?
I met Joan T. Sherwood after she left a comment on the post entitled: Big Love, Alimony and Same-Sex Marriage. From our email exchange later, I learned that she traveled with her partner to Toronto to get married. Her reasons piqued my interest and she agreed to write a guest post on the experience. These…
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Become An Entrepreneur!
One who recognizes opportunities and organizes resources to take advantage of the opportunity. A person who takes the risk of organizing and operating a new business venture. One who assumes the financial risk of the initiation, operation, and management of a given business undertaking. Entrepreneur. Does the word describe you? Entrepreneur.com points out common traits…
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The Hard Facts of Long-Term Care Insurance
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words’¦ The Hard Facts of Long-Term Care Insurance Almost everyone knows the merits of life insurance’”the umbrella for that rainy day. But few of…
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Slang Words for American Money
I’ve always been curious about some of the origins of different slang words we use for money – here is what I found: Buck ‘“ Popular in 1856; this was a popular abbreviation for buckskin, a unit of exchange in the American colonies. Clams – Clamshell made into ‘strings’ of money and these strings were…
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Gay Affluence: fact, fiction, or somewhere in between?
‘œGreat minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.’ ‘“ Eleanor Roosevelt On Saturday night, we went with friends to HRC’s Annual Orange County Federal Club Garden Party and this year it was at a young gay man’s ocean front home in Laguna Beach. It was rumored that he purchased the home…
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Ten Money Questions for Lisa Henderson
Lisa Henderson is General Manager of Olivia, the lifestyle company for lesbians. Most recognize the brand from its signature cruises, but Olivia has evolved over the years with a variety of community experiences’¦ including the online kind at the newly launched Olivia.com. I asked Lisa to share her thoughts about the value of travel, the…
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